Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Atkinson v. Farmer 6 N.C. 291 1813 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Illinois
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Britton v. Browne 5 N.C. 447 1816 0 Sales North Carolina
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Scott v. Dobson 1 Md. 160 1749 0 Maryland
Allen v. Prater 35 Ala. 169 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Vanhook v. Rogers's Executor 7 N.C. 178 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Executors of James v. Masters 7 N.C. 110 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Queen v. Neale 3 H. & J. 158 1810 0 Maryland
Hunter v. Stembridge 12 Ga. 192 1852 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Walls v. Hemsley 4 H. & J. 243 1817 0 Maryland
Peagram v. King 9 N.C. 295 1822 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Jones v. Loftin 9 N.C. 199 1822 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Hepburn v. Sewell 5 H. & J. 211 1821 0 Maryland
Edelen v. Hardey's Lessee 7 H. & J. 61 1826 0 Maryland
Whitaker v. Smith 33 Ga. 237 1862 0 Property action in real estate Supreme Court of Georgia
Isbell v. Butler Jeff. 10 1735 0 Descent & Distribution General Ct. of VA